I'm sure many of you have seen the following clip as it's been circulated all over the internet for "shock" value. Since I am very limited in this area, I was wondering what all you protection/bite work people think of the video. Mind you that the training is obviously done in another country (the funny language spoken gives it away ), but I noticed some things that I am often curious about--such as the dog redirecting on it's handler after being pulled off the target.

It's not all that unusual for the redirection bites to occur with that breed of dog. Mals often "bite first, ask questions later" and can easily become frustrated when in drive. Also much of it depends on the training and handling of the dogs.
The dogs in question here belong to something that's probably very similar to a SWAT team where they deal with situations that are above the norm. Swift and hard is needed for that job and your typical police dog wouldn't be of the same caliber or temperment.
I could be wrong but it seems to me that in European countries a sharper dog is not considered "unsound" or looked down upon like is often done in this country.

pocketpit wrote:It's not all that unusual for the redirection bites to occur with that breed of dog. Mals often "bite first, ask questions later" and can easily become frustrated when in drive.

My various wounds can attest to that!

The dogs in question here belong to something that's probably very similar to a SWAT team where they deal with situations that are above the norm. Swift and hard is needed for that job and your typical police dog wouldn't be of the same caliber or temperment. I could be wrong but it seems to me that in European countries a sharper dog is not considered "unsound" or looked down upon like is often done in this country.

Exactly. These are their equivilant to SWAT teams. Those dogs are bullets with fur, not the typical police dog. They are deployed so that they don't have to shoot people.